Thanks for the input on this, y'all. I hope you're enjoying your extract. Based on your input, I plan to slightly increase the orange and vanilla flavor. I may increase the potency, but I'm hesitant. Because the majority of the cost is in the extract, and due to the steeply increasing price of kava, jumping up the potency from say, 150 mg. of kavalactones per gram to 225 mg. per gram, would result in nearly a 50% increase in price. That means what was once a reasonable $50 50 gram tube, would then be around $72. More extract would also heavily affect the flavor. I'm sure you noticed how easy going down the extract is in it's current state. I think people will appreciate that.
It will be a little while longer until the extract is available for sale. Right after I sent out the samples, the extractor crapped out on me. Apeks said I should send it back to be refurbished (don't ask how much it costs to ship a 650 lb. machine from Portland to Ohio). A trucker is picking it up Monday or Tuesday, it will take over a week to get to Apeks, they'll take a few days to get it running right, before sending it back which will take another week. Once I get it back it should be pumping out extract like nobody's business, and I can quickly get some paste mixed up and added to the online store. Once again, thanks for your patience, I know how many of you are waiting for this product; I get daily emails. It'll definitely be worth the wait.